Best PlacesPine Lakes Addition, SD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Lakes Addition, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pine Lakes Addition ranks 285th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Lakes Addition
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pine Lakes Addition's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Lakes Addition ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
Where Pine Lakes Addition ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 43% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Lakes Addition
A household needs to earn about $132,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Lakes Addition home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $147,623, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pine Lakes Addition's effective rate of 1.06%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pine Lakes Addition
Pine Lakes Addition runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pine Lakes Addition.
Who works in Pine Lakes Addition, and how
Work in Pine Lakes Addition centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pine Lakes Addition
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Lakes Addition.
What the weather is like in Pine Lakes Addition, month by month
Pine Lakes Addition sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 19° | 9° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 50° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Pine Lakes Addition
The nearest airport, Joe Foss Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Lakes Addition
Schools across Pine Lakes Addition average an A, better than 88% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07A− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Brandon Valley High School - 01A · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Lakes Addition school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Lakes Addition measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pine Lakes Addition against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Lakes Addition
Is Pine Lakes Addition a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Lakes Addition ranks 285th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and population health, and lowest on tree cover and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Lakes Addition expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $489,300. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $147,623 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Pine Lakes Addition safe?
Yes, Pine Lakes Addition is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Lakes Addition with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Lakes Addition. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Lakes Addition represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pine Lakes Addition detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Lakes Addition: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Lakes Addition: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Lakes Addition: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Lakes Addition: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Lakes Addition detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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